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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. WTLBUE, OE EooHEsfrEa, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,579, dated May 8, 1888.

' Application tiled April 13, 1887. Serial No. 234,660. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern', v

Be it known that I, JOHN E.YWILBUR, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and'State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement relates to heaters and cook- ,Y

- ing purposes and two for culinary purposes.

Fig. 3 is a topY plan view of the radiators, a portionof one of them being shown in'horizontal section, the line of section being indicated by the dotted line x x in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section of one of the drums in line y y of Fig. 1.4 Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the packing-disk that rests around the chimney of the lamp.

A indicates a frame, consisting of an elongated plate having open sockets, in which are placed lamps B B of any suitable kind, by which the heating action is produced.

C C are legs attached to the frame and extending up to considerable height and supporting the drums D. These drums are of the form shown in Fig. 4, each consisting simply of a cylinder open at the bottom, buthaving at the top a plate, a', in which is a central hole or opening, b, for the passage of heat upward into the radiators. f

E E are the radiators mounted on top of the drums. The tops of the radiators are connected by a single pipe, G, and this pipe preferably has aT extending down between the radiators, then turning backat right angles, as shown, and extending to the chimney. Ihe heat from the lamps passes up through the radiators, and

thenv escapes ythrough thev pipe,.as above de scribed.

The' radiators may be of any desired kind, that shown in the drawings being simplya rectangular ,body with numerous cross-pipes d d, through which the coldair circulates, crossing the hot-air currents. Ihe pipes dnd Vpreferably extend across the smallest diameter of the radiators, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3; but, if desired, they may extend across the longest diameter, as shown in Fig. 4, the same effect being producedv in either case. The lower ends of the radiators have thimbles f f attached thereto, which rest removably on top of the drums D, by which means they can be removed at any time.

The apparatus canbe constructed with several drums', a numbenof which have the radiators applied thereto for heating purposes, and the rest being uncovered and used for culinary purposes. Fig. 2 shows such an arrangement.

H is a hood of basket form, resting in each of the drums D. The closed end of the hood rests downward and has a central hole, g, adapted to receive the lamp-chimney h. The top of the hood is open, and the hood rests loosely in the drum, vso that it can be raised and lowered therein, and it holds itszposition at any adjustment by the frictiona'l contact or by any other suitable means.

I is a packing-plate'for the lamp-chimney, consisting of a concavo-convexpiece 4of sheet metal or other suitable material, with a cen-V tral hole, k, to receive the chimney. This de- 85 vice rests in the bottom ofthe closed hood loosely, the convex side being upward.'

Theobject of the adjustable hood 'H and v packingplate I is to close the passagearound the lamp-chimney practically air-tight, or 9c suiciently so to force all .the air that enters to pass through the lamp-chimney and not up around the outside of it; also, to enable the. devices to fit chimneys of different sizes and shapes. To fit the chimney, the hood His ad g5 j usted up or down till the packing-plate will fit closely around the chimney, and will also rest closely on the bottom of the hood. To insert or remove the lamp, it is si-mply raised over the frame A at the bottom, and thehole roo A v in the bottom of the hood is large enough to allow the chimney to rise and fall freely.

In applyingthe lamp to place the packingplate I will be raised with thechimney, and when the lamp is seated it will fall again to place on the bottom of the hood. It is desirable to compel all the air to pass through the chimney, as it thereby becomes more thoroughly heated, also increases the combustion, and the draft is not impeded by the entrance of cold air outside the chimney. The adjustment of the hood enables tight packing to be obtained, whatever may be the size of the chimney.

In addition tothe abovenamed advantages, the drums and radiators are so much elevated that a considerable portion of the lamp-chimneys are exposed and uncovered, and the surrounding space is illuminated as by common lamps, so that the double advantage of heating and illuminating the room is-obtained.

Having described my invention, I do not claim, simply and broadly, a lamp-stove; but

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a heater, the combination of the drum D, open at its bottom4 and provided with the draft-opening b at its top, the radiator E, resting on the drum, the basket-shaped hood H, resting in the drum, open at its top, and provided with an opening, g, in its bottom to admit the lamp-chimney, and the convex packing-plate I, resting loosely in the hood and around the lamp-chimney, said hood being fitted to move vertically in the drum to allow it to beadjusted tocontact with the packingplate when fitted to the chimney, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing 5o witnesses.

J. E. XVILBUR.

Witnesses:

v R. F. Oseoon,

WM. J. MePHnRsoN. 

